Business Sweden’s new team is rolling out the blue-yellow carpet

According to Business Sweden’s life science team, the combination of substantial medical know-how and an ever-flourishing tech sector is a success factor for Sw...

Samuel Lagercrantz: The government’s performance in healthcare and life sciences so far

Since the change of government in Sweden, developments in the healthcare sector have shown promising signs, but the outlook in life sciences is less promising, ...

Elypta ska växa med hjälp av europeisk accelerator

Det svenska diagnostikbolaget Elypta, som utvecklar metoder för tidig upptäckt av cancer, har antagits som medlem i det europeiska acceleratorprogrammet EIC Scaling Club.

Barncancerfonden fyller 40 – ger 300 extra miljoner till forskningen

För 40 år sedan när Barncancerfonden bildades överlevde 50 procent av de barn som blev sjuka i cancer. Idag är den siffran betydligt högre.

Meeting with focus on South Korea and Japan’s life sciences

Large, complex and exciting – this is how Britta Stenson, Business Sweden, describes the life science markets of Japan and South Korea, which took centre stage ...

Easy integration of piezo valves for gas handling

Extremely energy-saving, silent and without any heat build-up – piezo technology offers many benefits for efficient and precise gas handling in medical technolo...

ALS – When the body has given up, but the brain persists

The nerve disease ALS gradually deprives the patient of control over the muscles and, eventually, also of speech. The eyes continue to function, though, and wit...

FDA utökar användningsområdet för Ozempic

FDA har godkänt Ozempic som den första GLP-1-analogen att minska risken för försämrad njursjukdom.

She creates pharmaceuticals on a 3D printer

The correct dosage for each individual, regardless of whether the pharmaceutical is for a seriously ill child or a frail elderly person, is the mission of a wel...

He got inside the head of Sweden’s vaccine hunter

The hunt for the COVID-19 vaccine is the theme of the new book Vaccinjägaren (The Vaccine Hunter). It tells the story of Richard Bergström’s mission as Sweden’s...

Why the world renown researcher Marc Tessier-Lavigne resigns as Stanford´s president

In mid-summer, neuroscientist Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced his resignation as President of Stanford following allegations of manipulated study data. According...

When carelessness, forgetfulness and coincidence become the researcher’s best friend

Forgetfulness, coincidence and a stroke of luck hardly make up a fruitful method of serious research. Or do they? Actually, a number of important medical advanc...

Column: ”Life as a F1 race”

"The F1 car makes several pit stops during a race and during a lifetime the human being may also have to come in several times for maintenance", Björn Ursing wr...

Internationella vaccininstitutets chef om etableringen i Sverige – Behöver upp till 40 anställda

Internationella vaccininstitutet, IVI, hoppas på att ha sin första personal på plats i Stockholm redan inom ett par månader, berättar institutets generaldirektö...

Hamlet fyller på kapital – tar behandling för blåscancer mot fas III

Lundbaserade Hamlet Biopharma genomför en nyemission som kan ge bolaget upp till 40 miljoner kronor för bland annat fortsatt utveckling av företagets läkemedels...

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How to optimise your liquid handling results

In dispensing or pipetting applications in laboratory automation, it is important to obtain reliable results, which are analysed by calculating the accuracy and...

Cytel Inc acquires the SDS Group

The multinational statistical software developer and contract research organization Cytel Inc, headquartered in Massachusetts, USA, acquires the Swedish consult...

Investments worth 40 billion in the Öresund region – “A huge investment wave”

A new report reveals that medical companies in the Oresund region are investing like never before.

A new international stem cell research centre has been created in Copenhagen

A new centre for stem cell research opened to the public in January. The Novo Nordisk Foundation backs the initiative with the ambition that the centre will adv...

Kaftrio godkänns för barn från två år med cystisk fibros

En utökad indikation för läkemedlet Kaftrio har godkänts i EU. Därmed kan ytterligare ett 40-tal barn i Sverige med cystisk fibros få tillgång till läkemedlet.

Standardisation in automation

B. Braun Melsungen had a great idea and implemented it throughout the plant. Production for infusion solutions was to be largely standardised. B. Braun hoped th...

Astra Zeneca’s Sweden CEO: “We have great faith in our portfolio”

It all started with a summer job as an operator at Astra’s chemical factory in Snäckviken, just outside Södertälje. More than three decades and countless differ...